Fetal radiation dose in computed tomography.

abstract：:New radiophotoluminescence (RPL) phosphate glass containing (6)Li was successfully made from the powder of NaPO(3), Al(PO(3))(3), LiOH, HPO(3) and AgCl. The ternary diagram of NaPO(3)-Al(PO(3))(3)-LiPO(3) has clarified the region where satisfactory RPL characteristics of the glass are kept up. The synthesised phosphat...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Maki D,Kobayashi H,Sato F,Murata I,Kato Y,Tanaka T,Yamamoto T,Iida T

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The focus of nuclear emergency planning in Austria has been so far on mitigating effects of widespread contamination (e.g. after NPP accidents); however, these plans did not contain provisions on the medical management of an acute radiation syndrome. To close this gap, a 'Medical Radiation Emergency Plan' was created ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ziegler A

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The group of radiation victims who had received radiation injures similar to those of Chernobyl accident victims was evaluated in terms of retrospective cytogenetic biodosimetry in the long term period of from 17 y up to 50 y after irradiation. Based on the existing results of the long-term cytogenetic examination of ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Nugis VY,Kozlova MG,Nadejina NM,Galstyan IA,Nikitina VA,Khvostunov IK,Golub EV

更新日期：2019-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate the contribution of secondary neutrons to the total dose inside the International Space Station (ISS). For this purpose solid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) stacks were used. Each stack consisted of three CR-39 sheets. The first and second sheets were separated by a Ti pla...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pálfalvi JK,Akatov Y,Szabó J,Sajó-Bohus L,Eördögh I

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The position of detectors used for partial-body counters relative to a measured person has considerable influence on the counting efficiency of low-energy photon emitters. To minimise reading errors and enhance reproducibility of position data, an electronic position recording system was installed in the partial-body ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hegenbart L,Breustedt B

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assesses the level of background radiation for Kayseri province of Turkey. Natural radionuclide activity concentrations in soil samples were determined using high-resolution gamma spectroscopy. Outdoor gamma dose measurements in air at 1 m above ground level were determined using a portable gamma scintillat...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Otansev P,Karahan G,Kam E,Barut I,Taskin H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dosimetric technique described in this paper is based on electron spin resonance (ESR) detectors using an alanine-boric compound acid enriched with (10)B, and beryllium oxide thermoluminescent (TL) detectors; with this combined dosimetry, it is possible to discriminate the doses due to thermal neutrons and gamma r...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bartolotta A,D'Oca MC,Lo Giudice B,Brai M,Borio R,Forini N,Salvadori P,Manera S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability of equivalent-dose determinations on quartz made with the single-aliquot regenerative-dose (SAR) protocol is examined using a suite of sedimentary samples for which the equivalent dose is expected to be >200 Gy. Experiments on one sample were used to evaluate the precision obtained using the standard m...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Murray AS,Wintle AG,Wallinga J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The national diagnostic reference levels (NDRLs) form an efficient, concise and powerful standard for optimising radiation protection of a patient. However, in a large hospital, where many radiological departments are present, it is also possible to calculate and define lower dose values as local diagnostic reference ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Compagnone G,Pagan L,Bergamini C

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developments in hadron therapy require efforts to improve the accuracy of the dose delivered to a target volume. Here, the determination of the absorbed dose under reference conditions was analysed. Based on the International Atomic Energy Agency TRS-398 code of practice, for hadron beams, the combined standard uncert...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Rossomme S,Palmans H,Thomas R,Lee N,Duane S,Bailey M,Shipley D,Bertrand D,Romano F,Cirrone P,Cuttone G,Vynckier S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A programme of harmonization of individual dosimetry quality control organized in the framework of a distributed metrology system is presented as seen from the experiences gained in Slovenia. As a part of the programme intercomparison of dosimetry services was organized and basic characteristics of dosimetry systems c...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Stuhec M,Zorko B,Vekić B,Miljanić S,Ban R,Basić B

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Is atmospheric dispersion forecasting an important asset of the early-phase nuclear emergency response management? Is there a 'perfect atmospheric dispersion model'? Is there a way to make the results of dispersion models more reliable and trustworthy? While seeking to answer these questions the multi-model ensemble d...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Galmarini S,Bianconi R,Klug W,Mikkelsen T,Addis R,Andronopoulos S,Astrup P,Baklanov A,Bartniki J,Bartzis JC,Bellasio R,Bompay F,Buckley R,Bouzom M,Champion H,D'Amours R,Davakis E,Eleveld H,Geertsema GT,Glaab H,Kol

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate radiation doses to the patients and operators during interventional cardiology procedures, with a particular focus on the transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Patient doses for 5549 diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and 76 TAVI were examined, as well as occupati...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Signorotto P,del Vecchio A,Montorfano M,Maisano F,Giagnorio M,Bellanca R,Colombo A,Calandrino R

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At least 10% of inhabitants in the Czech Republic are supplied with water from private sources (private wells, boreholes). With the increasing cost of water, the number of people using their own sources of drinking water will be likely to increase. According to the Decree of the State Office for Nuclear Safety about t...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Otahal P,Merta J,Burian I

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study a set of structures has been simulated to represent a range of clinically relevant breast cancer mammographic lesions including solid tumours and microcalcifications. All structures have been created using simple random-based mathematical functions and have been inserted into a subset of digital mammogra...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ruschin M,Tingberg A,Båth M,Grahn A,Håkansson M,Hemdal B,Andersson I

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated levels of natural background radiation due to scattered patches of monazite sand around the beaches of Mangalore, India, have been reported earlier. A comparative study of gamma dose rates was performed in both normal background and high natural background radiation areas around Mangalore using different type...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Al-Azmi D,Kumara S,Mohan MP,Karunakara N

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adequate dose management during computed tomography is important. In the present study, the dosimetric application software ImPACT was added to a functional calculator of the size-specific dose estimate and was part of the scan settings for the auto exposure control (AEC) technique. This study aimed to assess the prac...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kobayashi M,Asada Y,Matsubara K,Suzuki S,Matsunaga Y,Haba T,Kawaguchi A,Daioku T,Toyama H,Kato R

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Image viewing and processing software in computed radiography manipulates image contrast in such a way that all relevant image features are rendered to an appropriate degree of visibility, and improves image quality using enhancement algorithms. The purpose of this study was to investigate procedures for the quality a...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Efstathopoulos EP,Benekos O,Molfetas M,Charou E,Kottou S,Argentos S,Kelekis NL

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Federal Office for Radiation Protection performed a representative survey on the radiological quality of drinking water in Germany. The aim of this study was to determine regional variations of natural radionuclide concentrations and to estimate radiation exposures caused by drinking water consumption. The study i...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Beyermann M,Bünger T,Schmidt K,Obrikat D

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ionising radiation exposure of cells might induce the perturbation of cell functions and, in particular, the activation or inhibition of several important pathways. This perturbation can cause the deregulation of both intra- and extra-cellular signalling cascades (such as the inflammatory pathway) and alter not only t...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Babini G,Ugolini M,Morini J,Baiocco G,Mariotti L,de Fatis PT,Liotta M,Ottolenghi A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An invited panel discussed with the participants of the Symposium their views on the impact of non-targeted effects on the relationship between microdosimetry and risk. The discussion was wide ranging and lively, with divergences of opinion. At one end was the view that understanding microscopic features and distribut...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Goodhead DT

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermoluminescene (TL) and mechanoluminescence (ML) properties of gamma-irradiated Dy activated potassium and magnesium mixed sulphate have been studied. (K2Mg2:Dy) (SO4)3 samples having different concentrations of Dy were prepared by solid-state diffusion method. Two distinct peaks, the first approximately 130 degree...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kher RS,Panigrahi AK,Dhoble SJ,Khokhar MS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For more accurate measurement of the potential alpha energy concentration (PAEC) of radon progeny by the liquid scintillation counting (LSC) method, its counting efficiency was studied in this work. A radon progeny standard source was used to provide different concentrations of radon progeny, and the progeny collected...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Feng B,Tang Q,Zhang H,Chen B,Qiu S,Zhuo W

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multi-colour fluorescence in situ hybridisation (MFISH) assay has been developed, for simultaneous visualisation of all human chromosomes in 24 different colours. This assay is based on the simultaneous use of combinatorial labelling and ratio labelling, the so called combined binary ratio labelling (COBRA). This te...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Darroudi F,Bezrookove V,Fomina J,Mesker WE,Wiegant JC,Raap AK,Tanke HJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new passive integral dosemeter for gamma ray monitoring is being developed using an imaging plate (IP). In the application of IPs to dosimetry, a fading effect causes serious problems. The fading is considered to be caused by the recombination or holes and charges trapped shallowly in the F centres, which have sever...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ohuchi H,Yamadera A,Baba M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate radiation doses in cerebral perfusion computed tomography (CT) examination. As a part of routine patient monitoring, data were collected on patients in terms of the skin dose and CT dose index (CTDIvol) and dose-length product (DLP) values. For the estimation of the dose to...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Arandjic D,Bonutti F,Biasizzo E,Ciraj-Bjelac O,Floreani M,Giustizieri M,Iaiza F,Inkoom S,Tommasini G,Padovani R

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Albedo neutron dosemeter is the German official personal neutron dosemeter in mixed radiation fields where neutrons contribute to personal dose. In deep geological repositories for high-level nuclear waste, where neutrons can dominate the radiation field, it is of interest to investigate the performance of albedo neut...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pang B,Becker F

更新日期：2017-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper presents the first results of an investigation on optical absorption (OA), thermally and infrared stimulated luminescence (TL and IRSL) of the Pinacate plagioclase (labradorite). The OA spectra reveal two bands with maxima at 1.0 and 3.2 eV connected with absorption of the Fe3+ and Fe2+ and IR absorption at ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Chernov V,Paz-Moreno F,Piters TM,Barboza-Flores M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Realising that the major part of radiation protection efforts had been directed for over half a century at radiation protection of workers, and that there are major issues in relation to medical exposure, which contributes to over 95 % of the dose to the global population from man-made sources, with increasing individ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Rehani MM,Holmberg O,Ortiz López P,Mettler F

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public opinion on the application of nuclear technology and radiation could change when a nuclear related event occurs. Japan Atomic Energy Relations Organization has tracked its variation through a nationwide opinion survey in Japan by almost the same way every year since FY 2006. We can identify a continuous long-te...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Iimoto T,Takashima R,Kimura H,Kawakami K,Endo H,Yasuda H,Nagata N,Sakai N,Kawasaki Y,Funakoshi M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00